At 8:28 a.m. Wednesday, Greg Abernathy watched a hot air balloon catch fire. The pilot and his crew chief were surrouned with flames.

"When it hit the ground, I called 911," he said Wednesday evening. "But I was too nervous so I gave my phone to my teacher, Mr. Divett."

Abernathy and his history class happened to be watching the balloons launch during the Flight of the Nations Mass Ascension, when one caught his eye.

"At first, we thought it cleared the power lines," he explained. "But it went back, so I pulled out my phone to take a picture and as soon as it got close to the power lines I kept on getting more worried and worried."

His school, ASK Academy, is down the road from where the balloon hit the power lines, and he said could hear the electricity.

"Like 'zzz'. It was just like, unbelievable," he said.

After medics arrived, Abernathy shared his pictures with his school's online news website as well as the u local section of KOAT Action 7 News. He also had a special message for the pilot and his crew chief.

"I hope that you guys make it out OK, and I hope you guys have a good recovery," he said.

Diplomats and negotiators kept working Tuesday as a deadline approached to reach a deal on a framework agreement on Iran's nuclear program, but a U.S. State Department official said the discussion may continue after the cutoff.